Three: Private John Winter, Coldstream Guards

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (3943 J. Winter, Coldm. Guards) regimentally impressed naming; Medaille Militaire, 2nd type, enamel all lost; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine (3) £700-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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John Winter was born in the Parish of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and enlisted for the Coldstream Guards on 16 April 1852, aged 18, a caner by trade. He served 2 years 4 months ‘with the Army in the East’ and ‘was present at the actions of Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann & the Siege of Sebastopol’. He was discharged on 16 April 1862, having completed 10 years, his discharge papers confirming all medals and clasps and noting that he had both been wounded and distinguished himself.